Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”), and compared with Latin nōdus (“node”), Proto-Germanic *knudaną (“to knead”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) However, Kroonen instead derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu-ton, a ton-formation from *ǵónu (“knee; node”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknut.tɔːː/

Noun

*knuttô m

1. a knot

Inflection

Declension of *knuttô (masculine an-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*knuttô	*knuttaniz
vocative	*knuttô	*knuttaniz
accusative	*knuttanų	*knuttanunz
genitive	*knuttiniz	*knuttanǫ̂
dative	*knuttini	*knuttammaz
instrumental	*knuttinē	*knuttammiz

Derived terms

• *knuttijaną

Related terms

• *knewą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *knottō
  • Old English: cnotta
    • Middle English: knotte, cnot, cnotte, knot, knote, knott, notte
      • English: knot
      • Scots: knot
  • Old Frisian: knotta
    • Saterland Frisian: Knöt, Knät
    • West Frisian: knotte
  • Old Saxon: knotto
    • Middle Low German: knotte, knutte
      • German Low German: Knütt, Knütte
  • Old Dutch: *knotto
    • Middle Dutch: cnote, cnotte, cnudde
      • Dutch: knot
  • Old High German: *knozzo; *knozza f
    • Middle High German: knotze f
      • German: Knotze f (“gnarl, knot”) (obsolete)
• Old Norse: knútr
  • Icelandic: knútur, hnútur
  • Faroese: knútur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: knut
  • Old Swedish: knūter
    • Swedish: knut
    • → Finnish: nuttura
  • Danish: knude
    • Norwegian Bokmål: knute
      • →? Norwegian Nynorsk: knute
  • ⇒ Old Norse: Knútr
    • Icelandic: Knútur
    • Faroese: Knútur
    • Norwegian: Knut
    • Swedish: Knut
    • Danish: Knud
      • → Greenlandic: Kunuuti
    • → Old English: Cnūt
      • Middle English: Knout, Knut
      • → English: Cnut, Knut
    • → Anglo-Norman: *Canut, Kenut
      • → Middle English: Canut
        • English: Canute
      • → Medieval Latin: Canūtus
        • → Italian: Canuto
        • → Portuguese: Canuto
        • → Spanish: Canuto
  • → Old East Slavic: кнутъ (knutŭ)
    • Russian: кнут (knut), кнутъ (knut) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
      • → French: knout
        • → English: knout
      • → German: Knute
        • → Serbo-Croatian:

          Cyrillic script: кну̏т

          Latin script: knȕt

      • → Greek: κνούτο (knoúto)
      • → Plautdietsch: Knutt
      • → Polish: knut
      • → Romanian: cnut
      • → Slovak: knuta